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50 MCQ of Class 12 History Chapter 6 – Bhakti–Sufi Traditions

By gurudev

Updated on: August 3, 2025

✳️ 1–20: Factual and Conceptual MCQs (Direct NCERT-based)

The term ‘Bhakti’ means:
- (A) Faith
- (B) Devotion ✅
- (C) Sacrifice
- (D) Fasting
The Nayanars were devoted to:
- (A) Vishnu
- (B) Shiva ✅
- (C) Buddha
- (D) Brahma

3. Tevaram is a compilation of:

(A) Buddhist chants
(B) Nayanar hymns ✅
(C) Alvar songs
(D) Jain texts

4. Andal was associated with:

(A) Nayanars
(B) Alvars ✅
(C) Lingayats
(D) Sufis

5. The Alvars were:

(A) Devotees of Vishnu ✅
(B) Devotees of Shiva
(C) Jain monks
(D) Buddhist nuns

6. The Lingayat tradition was founded by:

(A) Akka Mahadevi
(B) Basavanna ✅
(C) Namdev
(D) Andal

7. Virashaiva tradition rejected:

(A) Vedic authority ✅
(B) Devotion
(C) Singing
(D) Language

8. Bhakti saints composed in:

(A) Sanskrit
(B) Persian
(C) Local languages ✅
(D) Pali

9. Which Bhakti saint belonged to the Nirguna tradition?

(A) Tulsidas
(B) Mirabai
(C) Kabir ✅
(D) Andal

10. Guru Nanak’s teachings were compiled in:

(A) Dasam Granth
(B) Guru Granth Sahib ✅
(C) Adigranth
(D) Bhaktamal

11. Kabir’s poems were compiled in:

(A) Kabir Bijak
(B) Guru Granth sahib
(C) Kabir Granthawali
(D) All of the above ✅

12. Guru Nanak rejected:

(A) Idol worship ✅
(B) Meditation
(C) Music
(D) Poetry

13. The main theme of Bhakti movement was:

(A) Ritualism
(B) Devotion to a personal god ✅
(C) Asceticism
(D) Warfare

14. The Sufi saint Muinuddin Chishti settled in:

(A) Ajmer ✅
(B) Delhi
(C) Lahore
(D) Gulbarga

15. A Khanqah was:

(A) A mosque
(B) A marketplace
(C) A hospice for Sufi disciples ✅
(D) A temple

16. Fana in Sufism means:

(A) Rebirth
(B) Dance
(C) Annihilation of self ✅
(D) Ritual bathing

17. Sufis organized themselves in:

(A) Guilds
(B) Gharanas
(C) Silsilas ✅
(D) Varnas

18. Which text includes hymns of both Bhakti and Sufi saints?

(A) Kabir Bijak
(B) Guru Granth Sahib ✅
(C) Ginan
(D) Prabandham

19. Nam-simran is associated with:

(A) Sufis
(B) Kabir
(C) Guru Nanak ✅
(D) Mirabai

20. Sufi shrines are called:

(A) Gumbad
(B) Chilla
(C) Dargah ✅
(D) Idgah

✳️ 21–30: Assertion and Reason Type MCQs

Q21
Assertion (A): Alvar and Nayanar saints revolted against Brahmanism.
Reason (R): They completely rejected temples and idol worship.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(B) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(C) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.
(D) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
✅ Correct Answer: (C)

Q22
Assertion (A): Bhakti movement promoted social equality.
Reason (R): Bhakti saints rejected discrimination on the basis of caste, class and gender.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(B) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(C) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.

(D) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.

✅ Correct Answer: (A)

Question 23
Assertion (A): Sufi saints used only Persian language.

Reason (R): Persian was the administrative language of that time.